Nuclear Physics - Experiment
National Science Foundation
Who can apply
US-based academic institutions. Non-profit research organizations. Qualified researchers (typically requires US citizenship or permanent residency)
About this opportunity
All proposals submitted to the Physics Division that are not governed by another solicitation (such as CAREER) must be submitted to its division-wide solicitation: Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects. --- Nuclear physics ranges from the very tiny kernel at the center of all atoms to gigantic stars burning throughout the universe, as understood through the strong and electroweak interactions. It seeks to answer questions such as: What are the phases of strongly interacting matter and what roles do they play in the cosmos? What is the internal structure of hadrons in terms of quarks and gluons? What is the role of gluons in mesons, nucleons and nuclei? What is the nature of the nuclear force that binds protons and neutrons into stable nuclei and rare isotopes? How m...